собственно говоря

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Russian

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Adverb

со́бственно говоря́ (sóbstvenno govorjá)

  1. actually, as a matter of fact, in fact
    Synonyms: в действи́тельности (v dejstvítelʹnosti), на са́мом де́ле (na sámom déle), (colloquial) вообще́-то (voobščé-to)
  2. strictly speaking
    Synonym: стро́го говоря́ (strógo govorjá)